Bill Text: NY S08816 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the attorney general to review incidents where a civilian is killed by a police officer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-22 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S08816 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S08816-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8816 IN SENATE May 22, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the authority of the attorney general to review incidents where a civilian is killed by a police officer The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 63 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 17 to read as follows: 3 17. Review any incident involving the conduct of a police officer in 4 connection with the performance of his or her official duties, wherein 5 such conduct is alleged to have caused the serious injury or death of a 6 civilian, within sixty days of the incident. Upon such review, the 7 attorney general shall determine whether the incident being brought 8 forth will remain within the jurisdiction of the local district attor- 9 ney's office or be prosecuted under the jurisdiction of a special prose- 10 cutor appointed by the governor. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 12 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06331-02-7
